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WILLI E. VOSS, 0F DAVENPORT, IOWA'.

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Application led April 9,

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. Voss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements Iin Wringers, of which the following is a specification.

invention relates to wringers and more partlcularly to the tension adjusting and releasing mechanism thereof.

Amon the `objects of ni invention are to provid improved means or the quick release of the upper roll of a wringer in the event that a persons lingers get caught between the rolls or the clothes get hunched so they cannot go through or get wrapped around one of the rolls; to so place the tension means for the wringer roll that a smaller spring may be used than with present constructions and yet have the same or greater tension than in existing structures; to improve upon the construction of the tensioning means; to improve upon the strucf ture of the draining board; to improve upon the mounting of the wringer roll guard; and such further objects, advantages and capabilities as will later more fully appear.

My invention further resides in the combination, construction, and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and while I have shown therein a referred embodiment I desire the same tolieunderstood as illustrative only and-not as limiting my invention.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating my invention Fig. 1 is an end view of my improved construction showing the parts in operative position; Fi 2 is a similar view showing the wringer ro s in separated position; Fig. 3 is an elevation of my improved wringer with a portion of the draining board cut away; Fig. 4 is a section substantially along thev plane indicated by the line 4-4 Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a plan view of my improved structure; Fig. 6 is an expanded view of the tripping and latching mechanism; and Fig. 7 shows a modified form of a portion of the said mechanism.

Referring more in detail to the drawlngs, 1 denotes a pair of frame members having at their upper ends arms or cross heads 2,

to which are pivoted at 3, on one side of the wringer roll, a pair o arms 4, notched in their under side to provide space for bearing blocks 5, which receive the ends of the uplszo. serial no. 372,434.

per roll shaft 6. The lower roll shaft 7 is recelved in corresponding blocks 5, as shown most clearly in Fig. 4. These shafts 6 and 7 carry the wringer rolls 8 and 9 and have secured thereto intermeshing gears 10 and 11, as is usual.

Thefarms 4 ,extend on the opposite side or bearing blocks 5 from pivot 3 and are provided at their ends with lugs 12 adapted to be engaged by a cross member 13 of yoke 14 pivotally secured at 15 to a bolt 16 having a perforated angular shaped head. This bolt has its free end screw threaded and engaged by a wing nut 17, which is adapted to be screwed thereon to vary the tension of thetensioning spring 18, which has one end resting on a washer surroundingthe bolt `16 and its other end rest- 1n in a pocket on the under side of arm 2.

ising from one of the lugs 12 at each side of the machine is a lug 19 havinga perforation 20 for the reception of a shaft 21. rl`his shaft is pivoted in the perforations in the lugs 1.9 and has secured thereto an operating arm 22 and a sleeve 23 which has .projecting from one side thereof 'a finger 24 adapted to enter the slot be-4 tween a pair of lugs 12, as shown in Figs, 4 and 6. The structure ust described can be modified as shown in ig. 7 by forming the` hand lever 22 integral with the sleeve 23 and tripping lug 24, which will reduce materially the cost of construction of this part of the device. It is, of course, understood that whichever form of construction is used at one side of the machine it will be necessary to have at the other side of the machine a tripping device, which will pre erably be like that shown at 23, 24 in i 6.

n order to hold the shaft 6 in proper position when latches 14 are released, slotted members 25 and' 26 are provided. The slots in 4these members pass down over shaft 6 and, in o rative osition, enclose also shaft 7. The ormer o? these members is a gear `casing whichl encloses gears 10 and 11 referred to above. Each of these members carries a lu 27, into which is screwed a bolt 28, hel in place by a nut 29. These bolts 28 pass through slotted angular plates and relative sliding motion as in the form shown. y

In the form of my device here shown arms 2 are provided near pivot 3 with lugs 31 to limit the pivotal motion of arms 4, as shown in Fig. 2, but these lugs 31 may be omitted if desired or considered preferable, so that arms 4; may be swung through more than 9 0 degrees. If this form of construction is used it will probably be found' desirable to rovidc means to prevent wringer shartl 6 rom droppiig out of the slot in members and 26. o u construction may be employed, but it will preferably be a movable latch member on said members 25 and 26. However, a ixed lug may be employed on one of these and a movable latch member en the other.

One of the possible variations of the latch member 14 of which I .have thought is to have a sleeve loosely enough mounted on rivet 13 so as /to have easy pivotal motion.

thereon, thereby reducing the friction incident to the sliding of member 13 on lugs'12. l have considered and may use other orms of construction o bolt 16 and yoke 14.

The frame members 1 are connected and held in place by a rod 32 shown as rovide'd at its opposite ends with nuts. ear this rod 32 frame members 1 are provided with perforations into which extend pintles 33V of the draining board 34, to the underside of which is secured a Spring 35 havin a downwardly projecting portion 36 a apted to ride over rod 32, as the draining board is rocked on its pintles 33. The projection or hump 36 will hold the draining board in adjusted position so as to drain water to one side or the other of the wringer, unless a suiiicient amount of force is exerted upon the board to overcome the strength of the spring, whereupon the board may be rocked to its other extreme position. It will be seen from the drawings that the edges of the draining board are reinforced and made safe for clothing by rolling the same, and that the sides are turned up to form flanges to which the pintles 33 may be secured, and which serve as means to prevent the water trom running off the sides of the draining board. The bottom ends of the frame members 1 may be provided with any suitable attaching means 37 for attaching the wringer to a support.

Rods 38 and 39 pass thru alining perfora tions in arms 2, in which they are pivotally mounted. Carried by these rods 38 and 39 are plates 40 and 4l, which have their inner edges bent` under and resting close to the line of contact of the wringer rolls. These plates 40 and 41 have near their ends flanged guard members 42, which prevent articles being run thru the wringer from spreading out atei-ally and getting into the gears 10 and il or against members 25 and 26.

r this purpose any suitable.

These members 42 also prevent water dripping from the clothes as they are put into the wringer from spreading out laterally and dropping down beyond the edges of the drainin board. It will be seen from the above tlat plates 40 and 41 may be' rotated Ion their pivots and be turned entirely away from the wringer rolls if desired for any purpose. It is also obvious that a construction such as described will guide the clothes between the wringer rolls so that it will be extremely easy to properly feed the clothes therethrough. It also is apparent that the bent over edges of the plates eiland 41 will have a tendency tov prevent articles of clothing from winding up on the lower wringer roll and to strip them therefrom in the event that they should start to do so.

It is,0of course, understood that the speciiic description of Structure set forth above may be departed from without departing from the spirit of my invention as set forth in this specification and the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In a wringer, the combination of co` acting rolls, relatively movable roll su porting members, said rolls being rotatab e in said members, means normally holding said rolls together, said means comprisin a resiliently movable part Von one of sai members, a projection on the other of said members, a. holding element pivotally connected to said part and engaging said projection for holding said rolls together, and manually movable means on one of said members and movable to disengage said holding element rom said projection.

2. In a wringer, the combination of coacting rolls, relatively movable roll supporting members, said rolls being rotatable in said members, means normally holding said rolls -together, said-means complrisin a resiliently movable part on one of said members,l a rojection on the other of said members, a olding element pivotally connected to said part and en aging said projection for holding said ro ls together, and manually movable means pivotally connected to one of said members and operable to disengage said holding element from said Projection.

3. In a. wrin er, the combination of coacting rolls, re atively movable roll supporting members, said rolls being rotatable in said members, means normally holding said rolls together, said means comprising a resiliently movable part on one of said members, a rejection on the other of said members, a olding element pivotally connected to said art and engaging said projection for holding said rolls to ether, and a lever connected to the mem er having said projection and movable to disengage said holding element from said projection.

4. In a Wringer, an arm adapted to be pivotally connected at one end to a roll supporting member and carrying intermediate its ends a roll bearing, said arm having at its opposite end a lug for engagement by a latch member, an upstanding perforated lug on the first named lug, a latch member engaging said first named lug, and trip mechainsm for releasing the latch member from the first named lug, said trip mechanism being pivoted in said second named lug.

5. In a Wringer, a frame, a roll journalled in said frame, said -frame having projections extending laterally on opposite sides of said roll, arms pivoted on a pair of said projections and adapted to hold a Wringer roll in engagement with said first named roll, an upstanding lug adjacent one end of each of said arms, a shaft pivoted in said lug and carrying trip mechansms, latches resiliently held in connection with the frame, adapted to engage the arms and to be engaged by the trip mechanisms to be thereby released from the arm.

6. In a Wringer, an arm carrying a roll approximately centrally, said arm extending transversely of the roll, an arm pivoted at one end to one end of the first named arm and carrying a roll to co-operate with the first named roll, said rolls each carrying a gear, and a gear casing connected to the pivoted arm and enclosing the said gears.

7. In a Wrnger, tensioning means for adjusting the pressure on articles put thru the Wringer,'comprising a su port for the Wringer roll, an angular hea ed bolt passing thru the support and having in its head a perforation, a yoke, means passing thru the yoke and the perforation to pivotally connect the former to the bolt, a spring surrounding the bolt and engaging the frame, and means adjustable on the bolt and engaging an end of the spring so that the tension on the spring may be varied.

In Witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my name to this specification in the pres- 

